Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A little over six months

A little over six months after the end of the war

1935 to September 30

not including the plume and cockade

stamped with a number “1”

A German RLB (Reichsluftschutzbund/Air Raid Protection League) insignia

Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, by B.H. Mayer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A little over six months(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a flat wire catch, the pinback maker marked with LDO code L 18 for B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, measuring 48. 19 mm (w) x 48. 01 mm (h), weighing 20. 6 grams, demonstrating loss of silver finish to high contact points, in near